Labour Day II hits PoS streets today

In a media release yesterday, the federation noted that today’s event marks the culmination of nation-wide mobilisation efforts over the past few weeks as the nation’s “working-class joins together to send a resounding message that austerity measures, the threat of privatisation, and the trampling of those who labour will no longer be tolerated.” The event is expected to bring the “action and fervour of Labour Day to Port of Spain as the working-class declares loud and clear that rule by a minority elite-class will never engender equality in Trinidad and Tobago.” Workers and trade unionists are expected to assemble at 1.30 pm at the Brian Lara Promenade, where Union leaders are expected to deliver “solidarity greetings” before the march begins.

A public rally, reminiscent of what takes place on June 19, is expected to take place on the Brian Lara Promenade from 4 to 6 p.m. The march, which will proceed along streets such as Henry and Oxford, begins and ends in front of FCB, Independence Square.